Unleashed | ||||
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Released | 1994 | |||
Recorded | Late 1993 at Soundstage Recording, Studios A & B | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 38:40 | |||
Label | MCA Records | |||
Producer | Don Cook | |||
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Singles from Unleashed | ||||
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Unleashed is the fourth studio album by American country music singer-songwriter Mark Collie. It was released in 1994.
The first single from the record, called "It Is No Secret", missed the Top 40 entirely, but the next single, called "Hard Lovin' Woman" peaked at number 13.
It is notable for being his last record before Collie switched to Giant Records, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Records, that same year.
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Brian Mansfield of AllMusic rated the album 3 out of 5 stars, saying that it "continued in the vein of Mark Collie ." [1]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Hard Lovin' Woman" | Mark Collie, Don Cook, John Barlow Jarvis | 3:19 |
2. | "It Is No Secret" | Collie, Mike Reid | 3:37 |
3. | "All I Want Is You" | Collie, James House | 3:35 |
4. | "Waiting" | Collie, Even Stevens, Hillary Kanter | 4:02 |
5. | "Ring of Fire" | Merle Kilgore, June Carter | 4:24 |
6. | "Rainy Day Woman" | Collie, Cook, Jarvis | 2:51 |
7. | "When You Belonged To Me" | Collie, Cook, Jarvis | 3:38 |
8. | "God Didn't Make Me That Strong" | Collie, Cook | 3:26 |
9. | "Lonely Streak" | Collie, Deborah Allen, Rafe Van Hoy | 4:26 |
10. | "Unleashed" | Collie, Gary Nicholson | 5:22 |
Total length: | 38:40 |
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